Regarding the role of the media, in the formation of the nation, you did not explain exactly how the media helps people imagine society. Anderson makes a valid point: newspapers can reproduce nationality. The fact that people have the same daily media habit produces a feeling of nationality. But it doesn't seem to be that simple. Billing (1994, p125) criticizes Anderson's idea by arguing that “ritual can reproduce division, rather than an overall sense of sporting community. Furthermore, he argues that “imagined communities” amount more to the assumption that the nation exists as a point of reference. Billing seems to provide clearer evidence of how media contributes to community building. Billing coins the phrase “banal nationalism,” which means that national media constantly “mark” national identity using everyday symbols that sustain nationality alive. Furthermore, Appadurai (1990) suggests that 5 types of flow shape our sense of belonging. It highlights the complexity between many streams. By presenting “imaginary worlds,” Appadurai challenges Anderson's idea that national reference is somehow too natural. Anderson assumes that the media image we receive from the media corresponds to the ideological sense in which we live. However, Appadurai highlights the fact that many contradictory images coming from national and other media can distract the communities to which we belong. 'Mediascapes' can be very complex indeed. We have a complex sense